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[One of the interesting things about being a mercenary in a dangerous galaxy means that waking up in an unknown location with no clue how he got there? Not necessarily that new. Well. It also happens when he's had a fun night sometimes, but that generally means there's a hot blonde next to him or something.

But this whole... whatever it is, this is new. And he doesn't like it one bit. He also doesn't like that he doesn't have any of his gear. No armor, no guns, not even any of his knives. And no sword. No key.

Yeah, that doesn't put him in the greatest mood.

All this Rocket shit doesn't interest him one bit and, honestly, he's only half paying attention to all of this. Not his problem. Like any of these people can match the paycheck he was gonna get back home. No way. He needs to get far away from wherever the hell this planet is.

So. Anyone in the Goldenrod Rocket base might just spot Felix wandering around and... checking every supply closet, cabinet, and drawer he comes across. And every time, he looks disappointed at the contents. Next up is a hallway closet. He opens it up...]

Aaaaaand behind door number four is... another supply closet! Oh, good! I guess I'm all set if I need to mop something.

This is all just great.

[Frustrated, he slams the door shut. The sound travels through the halls, but he really doesn't give a shit right now.]

Seriously, where the fuck do these idiots keep the weapons?

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"A few months, huh? You don't say." A few months here with this organization or a few months on this planet? Hm. He looks back down at the guy's... companion, tilting his head slightly. He's keeping his posture relaxed, though. He's not about to let an overgrown blue housecat intimidate him. Attention right back on the guy. "But that's perfect, thanks."

What to ask first... Well. There's the obvious.

"So maybe you can actually tell me exactly what backwater planet this is? I'm having some trouble finding a name."

"I don't know. I'm not a native." So this must be a newcomer, just as he and Manaka had been. Why do they keep asking him about this world? The note he had found when he had awoken had somewhat explained the situation, enough that he hadn't sought out answers from others.

"So you have only just awoken here. There's no way back to where we were, or how we were. For the time being."

The 'overgrown blue housecat' flicks her tail back and forth, eyes neevr leaving Felix. Give her one reason. Just one reason...

Felix is about to comment on the first part, but then the guy keeps talking. No way back. Ha ha, okay, what?

"Okay... wow. Now there's a lot of info and none of it what I want to hear." He pauses for a second. No, no, let's not piss anyone off just yet. "Which, hey, that's not your bad. I get that. But you're gonna have to give me just a little more here, I mean..." Okay, no, he doesn't need to stress out about this. It's an easy fix. Even if this guy doesn't know the way off this planet, that doesn't mean no one does.

"Look, there's gotta at least be ships stopping here or something."

"There is a ship that goes to a neighbouring region, but not away from this world." Nope, space travel isn't a thing here. Walter had grown up in the 80s, there had been rockets and such in his world, but it was all very much just for the government to play with. It didn't benefit the public at large.

"For the time being, you will need to adapt. This place has brought people from various...states." Such as from beyond the grave. He had heard some confused newcomers talk about 'being human' too...

"Yeah, nah, not the kind of ship I'm talking about. Fuck..."

Okay, there's no way he's just stranded here, right? Not now. Not now. Not when he's this goddamn close to being done with this job, so close to his paycheck. And now the universe itself is ripping him away from it?

No, okay. Okay, he can... figure something out.

"...States." Well, isn't that just some delightfully vague phrasing? "Okay, not that I don't appreciate a nice mystery now and again, but can you, I dunno, specify, maybe? You're not just talking about states in the geographical states here, I'm guessing."

"Non-human to human. From spirit to flesh. From dead, to living." He explained simply. This person was evidently have some issues getting to grips with the situation. So had he, but he didn't have a public panic session over it.

"Everyone I asked have said they don't know how or why they came to be here. We simply arrive, are given a Pokemon, and then left again." Heather had said it was a chance to 'begin anew'. He still hadn't figured out what she had meant or how he was meant to live 'better' life, so he excluded it from his explanation.

"Right, of course! Because that makes perfect sense."

...Sorry Walter, but that does seem kinda like bullshit. Even if it's actually true.

"And, oh, let me guess. No way to communicate to anyone off-planet, right?"

Walter shook his head. "It doesn't. But as I was dead before arriving, I can't argue with it."

Then tried to move past him. Clearly the man was getting upset and he didn't really want to deal with his tantrum, or see what kind of temper he had when frustrated. Chaos kept herself between the stranger and her trainer, tail swishing as a warning to him.

"Oh, come on, that is--" The words "impossible" or "total bullshit" come to mind. But then he stops and thinks about it. Or rather, he thinks about Chorus and the alien temples there. The power those things had. Bringing the dead back to life, there's no freaking way, but one hell of a patch-up job... maybe? "...interesting."

Maybe this dude's just crazy. But it's worth looking into. Maybe he can salvage this somehow.

...Wait, he is going already? Oh, for the love of... Felix moves slightly. Just enough to get in the way, without getting into anyone's personal space. It's not a threat, after all.

"--Whoa, whoa, are you seriously leaving in the middle of a conversation? Now that's pretty rude."

Walter drew back at being blocked and Chaos hissed, back arching slightly. The cat was clearly at the end of her rope, growling threateningly at Felix, her claws flexing against the steel flooring of the hallway.

"I answered your questions. You didn't like the answers. And I have work I should be doing." And he was all too familiar with people taking out their frustrations on whoever was nearby. He doesn't appreciate the tone this man is using. He's familiar with being told he's insane or crazy. But he would think that he would know if he was dead or not.

Especially since he had been a powerful ghost in death.

"Oh boy, you're one of those super serious types, huh? Fun."

Like Locus or Washington. Except he knows how to handle Locus. And Wash is... well, Wash is easy as hell to manipulate. Way more fun to mess with. This dude's just all quiet. But fine. He steps back, to let the guy pass again.

"But hey, I get it. Work's important, so go right ahead. No one's stopping you."

...Of course, that's not the end of it. Because when Walter starts walking again, Felix will just... trail behind.

Walter stepped past, eyes not leaving Felix until he was past and walking onwards. But then Felix followed. His hands tightened. He had dealt with Wrath and Manaka following him because they were children. He was drawing the line at having adults trail after him like he was responsible for them.

He stopped abruptly and half-turned, waiting for an explanation. Chaos was looking between Walter and Felix. Oh, just say the word, and she will chase him up the Radio Tower...

Edited 2016-10-19 23:12 (UTC)

He really has to do his best not to smirk. This guy might be quiet, but oh, he's getting just a little entertainment out of this.

Felix just shrugs when he stops, though. "What? You know there's only two ways this hallway goes, right?" Total coincidence. "Besides... you seem to know your way around. Don't get all grumpy on me."

Walter glanced down to Chaos. If this guy was a newcomer, his Pokemon would be weaker than any Walter had, and Chaos in particular had taken to training like a fish to water. Or a cat to hunting.

"...Keep your distance." It was the only warning he would give Felix as he gave Chaos a nod, turning to continue walking. Chaos didn't hold back her smirk at Felix, slinking after Walter.

And he is keeping his distance. He's not about to get right into the personal space of some dude he just met, especially when he has no weapons or armor. He's reckless, not a moron.

But honestly, Felix is paying less attention to Walter now than he is to everything around here. Everything he's seeing of the base is... uh...

"Well. This whole operation sure is... cute."

Walter doesn't bother answering. With Chaos ready to intervene, he didn't need to give Felix more than a base amount of attention so he would be aware if he tried to lunge at him.

He turned down some corners, heading down towards the lab area. While all Rockets had access to the area, it required their ID cards to pass through the barriers. Even if Walter wasn't intending to do some work, it should mean that Felix would be discouraged from following him.

That does, actually, stop him. Don't get him wrong, this whole operation is goddamn pathetic and he's not taking it seriously, but he is trying to play it safe here.

...Relatively. Relatively safe.

"Oh, so now you're just gonna... Yeah, no, that's fine! God, you're a dick." And here he was, on his best behavior. "Ugh, god, I can't believe I found someone worse than Locus."

Oh no. Chaos is not taking that tone to the trainer of her pride, snarling and clawing the ground. Walter gave him a look. He had told him he was going to work, and now he's being upset that he's...going to work. Noticing the look on Chaos' face, he nodded to her. He's had enough of this.

"Chaos, escort him...elsewhere."

As the Luxio pawed towards him, static danced over her fur. She grinned, sharp teeth on full display as she got ready to chase him. He'd only get a two second headstart before she gave a roar and charged after him, electricity cloaking her body as she rammed her body into him, shocking him in a Spark attack.

Edited 2016-10-24 23:45 (UTC)

The problem isn't with where you're going, Walter, it's with you ignoring him and thinking you can just--

Wait, what was that just now?

Felix gets to think about it for all of a moment before suddenly that weird fucking cat is heading right for him. So that's happening now, because why not? It doesn't seem like much of a threat... until she rams into him. And then he feels the electricity.

"Son of a--!"

What the fuck, what the fuck, what the f-- Okay no. No, this is not happening. This is clearly not the reason they gave him his own weird animals, but he's using them. Quickly he takes out one of his pokeballs and--

...throws it at the Luxio's head. What? That's how you use these, right? Nevermind that it'll probably just bounce off and hit the floor. Or miss her completely and hit the floor anyway. The important result is that there's now a big ol' snake with a knife for a tail there. Maybe the cat will focus on that instead or something, who the fuck even knows.

Chaos looked between the Seviper and Felix. Unfortunately for Felix, Walter trained his Pokemon very frequently. Chaos knew the snake was weaker than her and would be more than happy to 'deal' with it before turning back on it's trainer, giving the Seviper a toothy grin.

"Leave." Walter advised from behind Chaos. "I don't want to battle. I want to be left alone."

"Oh, you don't? You know, it was really hard to tell, since you're the one who sicced his freaking murdercat on me."

Seriously escalating the whole thing. Come on, man, that's not... that's not how these things should work, ugh.

"I was already just about to leave you alone before that. So really, who's the one making things difficult here?"

"Leave." Walter refused to be drawn into a conversation. Chaos shook herself over, sparks flying from her fur and readying another attack. She glanced back and Walter held up a finger. If he had to request again, then she may have her fun.

She hoped this guy stuck around, so she could beat up his snake and then run him out.

"Yeah, yeah, relax, would you? Was just getting to that. Not like I don't have better things to do myself, sheesh."

He does take a moment to really obviously roll his eyes. But then he just pats the side of his Seviper's... sort of neck area, look it's a fucking snake, okay. But the message has been received and the Seviper will just follow after Felix as he walks away.

Chaos watched him go, tail swishing from side to side. Aww. She had hoped he would continue to push, just so she would have permission to try and Bite him. She trotted back to Walter when called, accepting the gentle petting and praise.

Walter was merely glad to see him leave. The children following him was strange, but harmless, enough. He didn't need adults following him as well. He walked into the labs with Chaos, swiping his ID card as he went in.

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